I should point out that adding "-i" in --help display
(where this bug started) assumes that there is onl;y one -i.
Truly there are many bug reports because one cannot do
rpm -b -i
(because -bi is a single long option marked with POPT_ARGFLAG_ONEDASH)
and
rpm -qi <-> rpm -q -i
has its own speshul pains because multiple popt execs need
to be written for the 5 executables (or there's a poptPeek and a poptStuffArg rewrite
to substitute --info for -i)
and finally its quite obvious that this set of single character options
has a weirdo
-i -U -e
(hint: one of the options is capitalized).
And so we come full circle: RPM should _NEVER_ have had
3 meanings for a single -i implemented. I dinna do that,
its quite b0rken in design, yhe damage happened circa 1997.
I should point out that adding "-i" in --help display
(where this bug started) assumes that there is onl;y one -i.
Truly there are many bug reports because one cannot do ONEDASH)
rpm -b -i
(because -bi is a single long option marked with POPT_ARGFLAG_
and
rpm -qi <-> rpm -q -i
has its own speshul pains because multiple popt execs need
to be written for the 5 executables (or there's a poptPeek and a poptStuffArg rewrite
to substitute --info for -i)
and finally its quite obvious that this set of single character options
has a weirdo
-i -U -e
(hint: one of the options is capitalized).
And so we come full circle: RPM should _NEVER_ have had
3 meanings for a single -i implemented. I dinna do that,
its quite b0rken in design, yhe damage happened circa 1997.